House Oversight Leaders Ask DOJ, DHS About 'Stingray' Devices
Bipartisan leaders of the House Oversight Committee want more information from the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security on Stingray devices, which let law enforcement officials mimic a cell tower and capture mobile communications. DOJ component agencies have briefed…
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Oversight Committee staffers but “we remain concerned that DOJ component agencies are not employing uniform legal standards before deploying cell-site simulation technology,” said Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, ranking member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., Information Technology Subcommittee Chairman Will Hurd, R-Texas, and subcommittee ranking member Robin Kelly, D-Ill., in a Friday letter to DOJ, inquiring about use and retention of data received. “We are troubled that DOJ and its component agencies may be using non-disclosure agreements to impede Congressional and Judicial oversight of the use of these devices.” They ask for several DOJ communications on this front by May 8 and a briefing by Friday. They sent a similar letter with the same types of questions to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson.